Fall Son

[The rebel]

Shutter 1/4000
exp 5.6
iso 6400
55mm lens zoom
I use a Canon Rebel T2I DSLR EFS 18-55mm lens
I know my settings are extreme but I am trying to learn my camera and corel photoshop editing program.
As a professional what would the changes in the photo be?
Please be critical but not demolishing. Thank you

[SGToliver]

Things I would change are:
shooting at a lower ISO. It looks like a nice sunny to somewhat cloudy day. Shooting at 6400 is overkill. It probably is the cause of your blown highlighted areas around your sons face. If you bumped up the ISO in order to make the rest of him brighter because of the harsh sunlight on him then I would suggest just trying to move to a shaded area (which I understand is difficult with candids of kids).

Try getting your sons attention for just a second in order to get him looking at the camera. It can be a candid shot but still be a nice portrait of your little boy. As it is right now my attention immediately goes to his jacket.

Your colors look very saturated. I would tone those down a bit.

You could have tried to have the sun to your back and used that to light your son rather than have him backlit.

Other than that just keep it up! As long as you are willing to learn you will get better.

[The rebel]

Thank you for the info. I am trying to learn when to use the iso. and on high or low standards. when i started useing this camera photos were always blurry so i automatically turned the iso all the way up and changed focus and aperature.

Originally Posted by SGToliver

Things I would change are:
shooting at a lower ISO. It looks like a nice sunny to somewhat cloudy day. Shooting at 6400 is overkill. It probably is the cause of your blown highlighted areas around your sons face. If you bumped up the ISO in order to make the rest of him brighter because of the harsh sunlight on him then I would suggest just trying to move to a shaded area (which I understand is difficult with candids of kids).

Try getting your sons attention for just a second in order to get him looking at the camera. It can be a candid shot but still be a nice portrait of your little boy. As it is right now my attention immediately goes to his jacket.

Your colors look very saturated. I would tone those down a bit.

You could have tried to have the sun to your back and used that to light your son rather than have him backlit.

Other than that just keep it up! As long as you are willing to learn you will get better.

[Madog]

+1 for lower iso, your shutter speed was 1/4000 (max) and still overexposed. Equivalent exposure at iso 100 would be 1/60 @ f5.6, and still overexposed so you could probably go to 1/120 @ f5.6 and iso 100. The people on this forum are pretty good at finding the cause of blurry photos, so I suggest posting one of the blurry ones you had to find the source of your issue. Look through the tutorials here I've found them immensely helpful. Digital Photography Tips and Tutorials

As long as you are willing to learn you will get better.

Agree 110%

[metoo]

I'm not a pro, but I would say your ISO is up waaaaaaayyyy to high and it looks like it got over saturated.Either in Photo shop or because the the high ISO. Outdoors I generally set it to ISO 100-200 unless there is a lot of shade. ISO has to do with the light(again I'm not a pro and can't really explain it well lol)coming in not the focus. If your pictures are out to focus it probably has to do more with shutter speed, camera shake, or just plain old not focusing on the right spot. Just going in and changing all the settings won't really help unless you understand why the picture was out of focus in the first place. Try shooter in AV or TV mode keep the ISO at a reasonable number (under 400-800) unless your in a really low light situation.

[The rebel]

Thank you guys. I am learning more about aperature and shutter speeds. I do understand why ISO should not be all the way up like I had it. I was solely useing ISO to keep my photos dead still,no blur effect at all. I am taking info in and useing to hone my skills.

[metoo]

Originally Posted by The rebel

Thank you guys. I am learning more about aperature and shutter speeds. I do understand why ISO should not be all the way up like I had it. I was solely useing ISO to keep my photos dead still,no blur effect at all. I am taking info in and useing to hone my skills.

You should post one of your blurry pics. The people here are really helpful in showing you what settings caused the blur or if it was just you didn't focus right.